채식주의자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 菜食主義者, from 菜食主義 (“vegetarianism”) + 者 (“-ian”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uɰid͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uid͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uɰid͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈uid͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [채(ː)식쭈의자/채(ː)식쭈이자/체(ː)식쭈의자/체(ː)식쭈이자]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaesikjuuija
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaesigjuuija
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aesikchuŭija
Yale Romanization?chāysikcwuuyca

Noun

채식주의자 • (chaesikjuuija) (hanja 菜食主義者)

  1. vegetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh)
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